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How to fix the issue of an Apple Watch not unlocking your Mac

If your Apple Watch is not unlocking your Mac, it could be possibly related to pairing corruption between your Mac and your Apple Watch. The following steps should be able to fix the issue:


  • Open “Keychain Access”
  • In “View”, enable “Show Invisible Items”
  • Search for “Auto Unlock”
  • You should see a whole bunch of application passwords for “Auto Unlock: XXXX’s …”
  • Select all records and delete (this will reset/disable auto unlock on other Macs if you use multiple Macs)
  • While still in “Keychain Access”, search for “AutoUnlock” (no space)
  • There should be four entries for “tlk” “tlk-nonsync” “classA” “classC”
  • Select four records and delete (don’t worry if they re-appear, the system repairs this automatically)
  • Open “Finder” and navigate to “~/Library/Sharing/AutoUnlock”
  • There should be two files “ltk.plist” and “pairing-records.plist”
  • Delete both files
  • Open “System Preferences” and try enabling auto-unlock. You may need to enable it twice; the first attempt will fail.